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Bug and Teddybear

Title in Estonian: Putukas ja Mõmmi

2007 | Documentary, Observation | Director: Mart Taevere

Documentary about a family living in a small rural place. The family's destiny has been decided by alcohol.

Almost 90-year-old mother Irene, her son Elmu and his partner Maimu all live under the same roof in a small rural place in Estonia. Elmu who is about to retire is called Bug and his partner Maimu's nickname is Teddybear. The daily life of the family is dreary and uneventful, but despite that one has to survive. Elmu is a hard drinker but he won't blame life. Mother Irene is dreaming of outliving his son so that she could bury his drunkard son.
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Executioner

2007 | Students film, Short | Director: Aleksandr Radžynskyi

Media student Aleksandr Radzinsky's directorial work in BFM III course subject "Directing Fiction". The internal conflict of a family man holding a cruel job becomes unbearable.

A psychological study of a family man who lives in two opposing worlds. The man is burdened by the question "What next?" asked by his last victim. There is no escape from the divisive infighting in the cozy home milieu.
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Film about my mother

Original title: Film minu emast

2007 | Documentary | Director: Vahur Laiapea

Heart-warming documentary directed by Vahur Laiapea about his mother who is oppressed by the pain of loss and fear of loneliness.

Elderly Helju Laiapea lost her mother, father and three brothers during a short period of time when she was only a child - she lost her childhood and home. When Helju was 24, she buried her first son. The woman has never got over her losses - fear of losing her close ones and the idea of her own approaching death have always accompanied her. In the spring of 2007, the director introduced Naatan Haamer, a church minister, to his mother. (Vahur Laiapea had started to make a film about Haamer at that point). The meeting led into another documentary ...
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It is as it is

2007 | Students film, Short | Director: Bernardas Andriušis

A heartfelt story about friendship, family and love. Danas is a young man who has been left in a wheelchair due to a serious accident. The viewer can only assume that Danas' mother will not be able to move independently due to the same accident. However, doctors hope that with a € 60,000 operation, the woman will be able to walk again. Danas also decides to raise this money without choosing ways.
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Jonathan from Australia

Original title: Jonathan Austraaliast

2007 | Documentary, Problem oriented | Director: Sulev Keedus

Documentary directed by Sulev Keedus about the harsh daily life of people living in a small place called Mustjala, the island of Saaremaa; about the construction of a deep port at the coast of Saaremaa; and about the arrival of the bright white German cruise ship.

Residents of a bright green house in Mustjala, a small place in Saaremaa, tell about their hard life - most of them are constantly drunk. A few kilometres away, a great deep port is being constructed where a huge German cruise ship Lili Marleen lands, accompanied by fireworks and salute. German tourists can watch the performances of wedding games in Mustjala. However, construction of the port and the arrival of the white cruise ship won't change anything in the lives of local people. The residents of the green house will stay friends with beer and vodka. The documentary reveals a ...
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Kinnunen

Original title: Kinnunen

2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Andri Luup

The romantic comedy directed by Andri Luup tells the story of a Finnish man and an Estonian woman who find each other despite of hardships.

Another Finnish guy has fallen overboard from a ferry at the port of Tallinn. He has come to Estonia in order to find himself a decent wife. "Kinnunen" is a comedy about Juha Kinnunen and Estonian teacher Õie Kannike who happen to meet and start teaching each other. Kinnunen is not an ordinary man. He is a Finnish man. Õie is not an ordinary woman. She is an Estonian woman. It is not easy to find common ground. Because one of them is a woman and the other one is a man.
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Knife

Original title: Nuga

2007 | Feature film, Full length feature | Director: Marko Raat

The second full-length feature film directed by Marko Raat is based on the short stories by Peeter Sauter and Vaino Vahing, telling the intimate and painful story about the deepest depths of human relationships.

Ekke is a real estate agent who seems to have everything - a good job, family, and money. But he feels that something is still missing. While trying to add some spice to his life, Ekke unintentionally commits a misdemeanour and finds it unexpectedly exciting. In order to feel the excitement again and again, Ekke will reach the state of mind that he won't be able to control any more. He grabs a knife and won't be able to put it down.
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The Very Last Cigarette

Original title: Viimane sigaret

2007 | Animation, Cartoon | Director: Kaspar Jancis

There is a Man in a squalid basement flat and a Woman in a fancy resort hotel in the Alps. They share a shattered relationship.

There is a Man in a squalid basement flat and a Woman in a fancy resort hotel in the Alps. They share a shattered relationship. The Man is in the homestretch of his degeneration. The Woman in on the last rung of the ladder to the top. Both are embittered. Today they both smoke their last cigarettes, the Man prior to his planned suicide, and the Woman planning to quit smoking. Deus ex Machina intervenes. The Man’s expected suicide fails due to his inner uncertainty. The Woman self-confidently races down the mountain into an ...
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Final Days

2006 | Documentary | Director: Kullar Viimne
Still Life with Wife

Original title: Vaikelu naisega

2006 | Documentary, Portrait | Director: Kersti Uibo

Documentary on an aging couple amd the mundanity of their lives.

An unusual couple lives in an urban backwater. Married now for over a quarter of a century, their endless sniping never intensifies into the major quarrel that would resolve everything. This constant tension helps the man to paint and gives the woman a reason for living.
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